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<span id="articleText"/>LONDON (Reuters) - Law enforcement agents have arrested 237 people worldwide in a 10-day crackdown on fake drugs, resulting in the seizure of counterfeit and unlicensed medicines worth 18.6 million pounds ($31.4 million), Britain's healthcare watchdog said.
<span id="midArticle_0"/>The haul of 8.4 million doses of medicines included potentially harmful slimming pills, controlled drugs such as diazepam, anabolic steroids and anti-impotence pills.
<span id="midArticle_1"/>The Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency (MHRA), which was responsible for seizing products worth 8.6 million pounds, said on Thursday that the Interpol-coordinated operation was conducted between May 11 and 21.
<span id="midArticle_2"/>The crackdown also targeted 10,603 websites, leading them to be closed down or suspended through having their domain name or payment facilities removed.
<span id="midArticle_3"/>"The medicines recovered during these raids were being held in appalling conditions, such as a dirty old building with broken windows, with medicines lying on the floor in bin bags," MHRA Head of Enforcement Alastair Jeffrey said in a statement.
<span id="midArticle_4"/>"Criminals involved in the illegal supply of medicines through the internet aren't interested in your health; they are interested in your money."
<span id="midArticle_5"/>India was the source of 72 percent of the illicit medicines seized in Britain, while China accounted for 11 percent, the MHRA added.
<span id="midArticle_6"/><span id="midArticle_7"/><span id="midArticle_8"/>(Reporting by Ben Hirschler; Editing by Pravin Char)
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<span id="articleText"/>LONDON (Reuters) - Law enforcement agents have arrested 237 people worldwide in a 10-day crackdown on fake drugs, resulting in the seizure of counterfeit and unlicensed medicines worth 18.6 million pounds ($31.4 million), Britain's healthcare watchdog said.
<span id="midArticle_0"/>The haul of 8.4 million doses of medicines included potentially harmful slimming pills, controlled drugs such as diazepam, anabolic steroids and anti-impotence pills.
<span id="midArticle_1"/>The Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency (MHRA), which was responsible for seizing products worth 8.6 million pounds, said on Thursday that the Interpol-coordinated operation was conducted between May 11 and 21.
<span id="midArticle_2"/>The crackdown also targeted 10,603 websites, leading them to be closed down or suspended through having their domain name or payment facilities removed.
<span id="midArticle_3"/>"The medicines recovered during these raids were being held in appalling conditions, such as a dirty old building with broken windows, with medicines lying on the floor in bin bags," MHRA Head of Enforcement Alastair Jeffrey said in a statement.
<span id="midArticle_4"/>"Criminals involved in the illegal supply of medicines through the internet aren't interested in your health; they are interested in your money."
<span id="midArticle_5"/>India was the source of 72 percent of the illicit medicines seized in Britain, while China accounted for 11 percent, the MHRA added.
<span id="midArticle_6"/><span id="midArticle_7"/><span id="midArticle_8"/>(Reporting by Ben Hirschler; Editing by Pravin Char)
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